Clipping paths not recognized (in InDesign)

Some of my coworkers brought me some files that don't allow the clipping path to be selected in InDesign. These images are saved as PSD format, have a good path drawn and saved. When placed in InDesign, the option to use the clipping path or not is not even available, and the image is not clipped by default. If I place a file showing the import options, I can turn on the path, and it places on the page properly. But invoking the Clipping options in InDesign still shows Photoshop Path as unselectable, but it is checked as it is turned on.
Saving the path as simply a regular path, or as defined as a clipping path, in an EPS file gives me the correct options to use the path in InDesign. Simply resaving the PSD file to another file on my desktop does not fix it.
Is there any way to see what is going on in the file? Though it manifests itself as an InDesigns option problem, the error is inside of the Photoshop file. There is no way to resave the same image document and have it work properly.
The only way for me to "fix" the file is to make a new doc the same size, copy the image, paste into new document, copy path, paste into new doc, and save as a new name. Then the "started from scratch" file works properly.
Anyone have any suggestions?

@WasDYP: It's only a couple of files so it's not something I'd think anyone could recreate really easily.
Here are the files that are having this problem:
ftp://ftp.clippermag.com/PhotoshopFiles/DAV44462.psd
ftp://ftp.clippermag.com/PhotoshopFiles/DAV44463.psd
ftp://ftp.clippermag.com/PhotoshopFiles/DAV44464.psd

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